Isabella Payne being interviewed by BBC TVs Josie Hannett
On Tuesday, August 16, BBC TV’s Josie Hannett interviewed 8-year-old Isabella Payne about her amateur radio contact with NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS on the International Space Station.
On August 2, Isabella, a member of Hilderstone Radio Society G0HRS, used her Dad’s amateur radio station M0LMK to make contact with Kjell who was using the ISS amateur station callsign NA1SS. Isabella has been involved in several amateur radio events and hopes to have her own amateur radio licence soon.
The BBC News item is expected to be broadcast in the show BBC South East Today at 1830 BST (1730 GMT) on Tuesday, August 16. It will also be available on the web at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006pfp8
The interview will be on the radio on BBC 5 Live on Tuesday, August 16, at 1740 BST (1640 GMT) and BBC Radio Kent on August 17 at 0820 BST (0720 GMT).
Press coverage of eight-year-old’s ISS ham radio contact
https://amsat-uk.org/2022/08/11/press-report-8-year-olds-iss-contact/
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Source: Amsat UK